<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/07/spacejunk-ed01.jpg"></a><em>Image by the <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMN2VM5NDF_mg_1.html">European Space Agency</a></em>
We've done a bang-up job of polluting both Earth and outer <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/26/futuristic-space-station-made-from-reclaimed-doors/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=z79FTJeXCI6-sQOZ28HhAg&amp;ved=0CBYQzgQoATAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6Ec-ewV6kCPds9DXK2ZV1GaTQAA" target="_blank">space</a> in the past few decades. Space junk, at least, could be reduced significantly if satellites didn't die out so quickly. Enter <a href="http://www.mdacorporation.com/">MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates</a> (MDA), a Canadian company that wants to build a space-bound <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/04/nasa-to-launch-new-weather-satellite-in-space/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=379FTPD0JoSCsQOWuZ3OAg&amp;ved=0CBsQzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9FfcUj1gTmOVgO-WtX9QEXLVydQ" target="_blank">satellite</a> fueling and service station....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/satellite-service-stations-could-minimize-space-junk/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Space junk image by the European Space Agency

<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/07/spacejunk-ed01.jpg"></a><em>Image by the <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMN2VM5NDF_mg_1.html">European Space Agency</a></em>
We've done a bang-up job of polluting both Earth and outer <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/26/futuristic-space-station-made-from-reclaimed-doors/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=z79FTJeXCI6-sQOZ28HhAg&amp;ved=0CBYQzgQoATAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6Ec-ewV6kCPds9DXK2ZV1GaTQAA" target="_blank">space</a> in the past few decades. Space junk, at least, could be reduced significantly if satellites didn't die out so quickly. Enter <a href="http://www.mdacorporation.com/">MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates</a> (MDA), a Canadian company that wants to build a space-bound <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/04/nasa-to-launch-new-weather-satellite-in-space/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=379FTPD0JoSCsQOWuZ3OAg&amp;ved=0CBsQzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9FfcUj1gTmOVgO-WtX9QEXLVydQ" target="_blank">satellite</a> fueling and service station....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/satellite-service-stations-could-minimize-space-junk/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Space junk image by the European Space Agency

<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/07/spacejunk-ed01.jpg"></a><em>Image by the <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMN2VM5NDF_mg_1.html">European Space Agency</a></em>
We've done a bang-up job of polluting both Earth and outer <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/26/futuristic-space-station-made-from-reclaimed-doors/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=z79FTJeXCI6-sQOZ28HhAg&amp;ved=0CBYQzgQoATAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6Ec-ewV6kCPds9DXK2ZV1GaTQAA" target="_blank">space</a> in the past few decades. Space junk, at least, could be reduced significantly if satellites didn't die out so quickly. Enter <a href="http://www.mdacorporation.com/">MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates</a> (MDA), a Canadian company that wants to build a space-bound <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/04/nasa-to-launch-new-weather-satellite-in-space/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=379FTPD0JoSCsQOWuZ3OAg&amp;ved=0CBsQzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9FfcUj1gTmOVgO-WtX9QEXLVydQ" target="_blank">satellite</a> fueling and service station....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/satellite-service-stations-could-minimize-space-junk/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Space junk image by the European Space Agency

<a href="http://assets.inhabitat.com/wp-content/blogs.dir/1/files/2010/07/spacejunk-ed01.jpg"></a><em>Image by the <a href="http://www.esa.int/SPECIALS/ESOC/SEMN2VM5NDF_mg_1.html">European Space Agency</a></em>
We've done a bang-up job of polluting both Earth and outer <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://inhabitat.com/2010/04/26/futuristic-space-station-made-from-reclaimed-doors/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=z79FTJeXCI6-sQOZ28HhAg&amp;ved=0CBYQzgQoATAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNG6Ec-ewV6kCPds9DXK2ZV1GaTQAA" target="_blank">space</a> in the past few decades. Space junk, at least, could be reduced significantly if satellites didn't die out so quickly. Enter <a href="http://www.mdacorporation.com/">MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates</a> (MDA), a Canadian company that wants to build a space-bound <a href="http://www.google.com/url?q=http://www.inhabitat.com/2010/03/04/nasa-to-launch-new-weather-satellite-in-space/&amp;sa=X&amp;ei=379FTPD0JoSCsQOWuZ3OAg&amp;ved=0CBsQzgQoADAA&amp;usg=AFQjCNE9FfcUj1gTmOVgO-WtX9QEXLVydQ" target="_blank">satellite</a> fueling and service station....<br><br><a href='http://inhabitat.com/satellite-service-stations-could-minimize-space-junk/'>READ ARTICLE</a>

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Satellite service station

Image by the European Space Agency
We've done a bang-up job of polluting both Earth and outer space in the past few decades. Space junk, at least, could be reduced significantly if satellites didn't die out so quickly. Enter MacDonald Dettwiler and Associates (MDA), a Canadian company that wants to build a space-bound satellite fueling and service station....